The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of CSOs on Friday in Abuja called on President Muhamadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law as an end of the year gift to Nigerians. The coalition made the appeal at a news conference addressed by Ms Ene Obi, the Convener of the group, on behalf of other co-conveners. According to Obi, the Bill has provisions that will address gaps in the current law on use of technology, electronic voting, collation and transmission of election results. She said that it would also address the cost of campaigns,…
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President Muhammadu Buhari says in furtherance of sustained efforts at keeping Nigerians safer, Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in dealing with the current security challenges facing the nation. The president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement in Abuja, said the Nigerian leader stated this while speaking at a bilateral meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey shortly before the official commencement of the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, on Friday. President Buhari acknowledged that Turkey had garnered a lot of experience dealing with security challenges of various kinds and Nigeria would latch onto…
The hope of some patients at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti, has been rekindled by the humanitarian gesture of an NGO, Divine Motivation for Positive Impact Initiative (DMPII). The patients, who had almost given up hope due to inability to pay their hospital bills, smiled again as the NGO came to their rescue. Some of the 13 beneficiaries had their total medical bills defrayed, while others got part-payments, a situation they described as great succour and relief. The leader of the NGO, Mr Gbenga Emiloju, while presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries, said about N1.5 million were…
The Nigerian Air Force School of Air Intelligence (NAFSAINT), Makurdi on Friday graduated 102 students from its Basic Intelligence Course 28/2021 and Imagery Intelligence Training Course 1/2021. The Commandant of the institution, Air Cmdr. Ernest Owai, said this during the graduation ceremony of the school held in Makurdi. “The graduating students assembled here in Sept. with a total of 120 students for the basic intelligence course. “However, a student was withdrawn due to health issues while 33 were withdrawn for poor academic performance during the conduct of the course. “I am glad to inform you that the Basic Intelligence…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG has announced a shift in its planned security summit earlier fixed for Abuja on 20 and 21 December, citing ember festivities as reason. Announcing the shift, Spokesperson Abdul-Azeez Suleiman said the summit designed to come up with workable suggestions to the security challenges facing the region, would now hold on 5th and 6th January to make allowance for the Christmas and New Year festivities. Suleiman said the shift has become inevitable as Christian brothers and sisters who are equally stakeholders in the affairs of the region would be occupied during that period. Additionally, he…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted 64,000 pump action gun cartridges and a new pump action gun at a store located at Success Line, Marine modern market, Onitsha, Awka North local government area of Anambra state. A statement by the spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi on Friday, said the discovery led to the arrest of an arms dealer, 34-year-old Donatus Igwebudu. According to the statement, acting on credible intelligence on drugs and arms deal in the location, the operatives, supported by soldiers, stormed the store on Wednesday 15th December 2021 and moved the arms…
The World Bank has approved a $700 million credit from its International Development Association (IDA) for the Nigeria Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) Project. It said this in a statement issued in Washington on Thursday. According to it, the project will increase the implementation of sustainable landscape management practices in northern Nigeria and strengthen the country’s long-term enabling environment for integrated climate-resilient landscape management. It said that the productivity of major crops in Nigeria had been steadily declining over the past two decades, due partly to climate change, forcing an expansion of the area under agriculture and increased imports…
By Abujah Racheal The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged African leaders to create legal frameworks that would be periodically reviewed and monitored to achieve a new Public Health Order. Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, Assistant Director General, WHO, said this, while speaking on the topic, “The Case for a New Public Health Order” at the ongoing first virtual International Conference on Public Health in Africa (CPHIA 2021) on Wednesday. The African Union (AU) and the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC) organised CPHIA 2021, with over 10,000 participants from 140 countries around the world. According to Iheakweazu, in creating a…
A researcher, Prof. Polycarp Okafor, has said metabolism of cassava cyanide does not play any significant role in chronic diseases such as goiter or goitre with cretinism, Konzo, Tropical Chronic Panctreatitis (TCP) and diabetes. Okafor, a Professor of Biochemical Toxicology, said this at the 52nd inaugural lecture at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), on Wednesday. Okafor said some reported chronic cassava cyanide diseases were based on circumstantial evidence. He admitted that the cassava cyanide toxicity with the associated chronic diseases should be a major concern for populations using the staple food, but added that he had overwhelming…
The Federal Ministry of Health has partnered with the World Health Organisation to strengthen stakeholders’ capacity to halt impact of electronic waste exposure on child and public health in Nigeria. This was the thrust of the ongoing National Stakeholders’ Workshop on Prevention of Impact of Electronic Waste on Child Health in Abuja on Wednesday. The Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire, called for more political commitment from stakeholders towards reversing this trend, saying the country had enough laws and policies to curb the negative impact of electronic waste management. Ehanire, represented by Dr Shuaibu Bonji, Director, Climate Change and Environmental Health, said…